USSR - Nikita Krushchev
USA - John F. Kennedy
Castro did not play that big a role. The missiles belonged to the USSR, and were operated by Soviet soldiers. The showdown over the missiles was between the USA and the USSR more than with Cuba itself. Cuba was regarded as doing whatever the USSR told them to do.
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The premier of the USSR and leader of the Communist party was Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), who was in power from 1953 to 1964.
The Cuban missile crisis started on October 16, 1962
The missile crisis
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Kruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John F. Kennedy.
J F Kennedy
Krushchev the Russian leader at the time put long-range missiles in Cuba, which sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
John F Kennedy was the president of the US at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy.
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The Cuban leader was Fidel Castro, his supporter was the Soviet Nikita Khrushchev, the American leader was John Fritzgerald Kennedy.